Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms of its conceptual and methodological rigor and sets forth an agenda for future research intended to advance knowledge on the chosen topic. The Handbook focuses on a comprehensive set of central areas of study in higher education that encompasses the salient dimensions of scholarly and policy inquiries undertaken in the international higher education community. Each annual volume contains chapters on such diverse topics as research on college students and faculty, organization and administration, curriculum and instruction, policy, diversity issues, economics and finance, history and philosophy, community colleges, advances in research methodology and more. The series is fortunate to have attracted annual contributions from distinguished scholars throughout the world.

Chapter 1: Conceptualizing Innovation in Higher Education: William G. Tierney, Ph.D., Michael Lanford.- Chapter 2: English Learners and Their Transition to Postsecondary Education: Dr. Anne-Marie Núñez, Dr. Cecilia Rios-Aguilar, Dr. Yasuko Kanno, Dr. Stella M. Flores.- Chapter 3: Students with disabilities in higher education: A review of the literature and an agenda for future research: Ezekiel W. Kimball, Ph.D, Ryan S. Wells, Ph.D., Benjamin J. Ostiguy, Catherine A. Manly, Alexandra A. Lauterbach, Ph.D.-Chapter 4: A Historiography of Academic Freedom for American Faculty, 1865-1941: Timothy Reese Cain, Ph.D.- Chapter 5: Community College Workforce Development in the Student Success Era: Mark M. D'Amico, Ph.D.- Chapter 6: Organizational Learning in Higher Education Institutions: Theories, Frameworks, and a Potential Research Agenda: Jay R. Dee, Ph.D., Liudvika Leisyte, Ph.D.- Chapter 7: The Cost of Producing Higher Education: An Exploration of Theory, Evidence, and Institutional Policy: John J. Cheslock, Ph.D., Justin C. Ortagus, Ph.D., Mark R. Umbricht and Josh Wymore.- Chapter 8: Universities as anchor institutions: Economic and social potential for urban development: Michael Harris, Ed.D., Karri Holley, Ph.D.- Chapter 9: Examining Production Efficiency in Higher Education: The Utility of Stochastic Frontier Analysis: Marvin A. Titus, Ph.D., Kevin Eagan, Ph.D.- Chapter 10: Learning Through Group Work in the College Classroom: Evaluating the Evidence from an Instructional Goal Perspective: Marilla D. Svinicki, Ph.D., Diane L. Schallert, Ph.D.- Chapter 11: Understanding Grit in the Context of Higher Education: Daniel J. Almeida.